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| This is a workshop for people who have never used an Arduino before, but are curious and would like to spend a few hours exploring this fascinating tool. We don't assume any programming or electronics knowledge, so don't worry if this is completely new to you! Similarly, the course is designed to also accommodate people who have dabbled with electronics or programming before. | This is a workshop for people who have never used an Arduino before, but are curious and would like to spend a few hours exploring this fascinating tool. We don't assume any programming or electronics knowledge, so don't worry if this is completely new to you! Similarly, the course is designed to also accommodate people who have dabbled with electronics or programming before. | ||
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| If today is your first experience of programming and electronics then it's best to keep to Easier challenges, doing some Intermediate if you can. If you've previous experience or get through the Easier and Intermediate easily then try some Harder challenges. You can use these tutorials at home after the workshop so you can go back and try challenges later. | If today is your first experience of programming and electronics then it's best to keep to Easier challenges, doing some Intermediate if you can. If you've previous experience or get through the Easier and Intermediate easily then try some Harder challenges. You can use these tutorials at home after the workshop so you can go back and try challenges later. | ||
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| We are going to make some blinkly lights, fading mood lamp and sounds that react to changes in the environment including light levels and movement. Lots of concepts of the Arduino will be learnt on the way through the exercises and challenges. | We are going to make some blinkly lights, fading mood lamp and sounds that react to changes in the environment including light levels and movement. Lots of concepts of the Arduino will be learnt on the way through the exercises and challenges. | ||
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| The exercises are organised into the following stages: | The exercises are organised into the following stages: | ||
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| - | | ^ [[.: | + | * the structure of an Arduino program |
| + | * digital outputs | ||
| + | * delays | ||
| + | * using LEDs, resistors and breadboards | ||
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| + | * voltage dividers | ||
| + | * rotary potentiometers | ||
| + | * push buttons | ||
| + | * pull-up resistors | ||
| + | * analog voltage measurments | ||
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| + | * Light dependent resistors | ||
| + | * Measuring resistance | ||
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| + | * PWM and analogWrite | ||
| + | * Official Arduino documentation | ||
| + | * Origami | ||
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| + | * 3rd party Arduino libraries | ||
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| + | * Infra-red LEDs | ||
| + | * Transistors | ||
| + | * 3rd party firmware | ||
| ====== Other information ====== | ====== Other information ====== | ||
workshops/arduino_for_the_curious.txt · Last modified: 2017-04-09 21:37 by Simon